A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state sales taxes from their customers. Supporters of the Marketplace Fairness Act still hope ...
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The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation this week. The Senate will again take up debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act after May ...
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The U.S. Senate has voted 74-20 to close debate and move to a final vote on a bill allowing states to collect sales tax from out-of-state Internet and catalog retailers. The Senate's Monday vote sets up an expedited vote on the ...
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The U.S. Senate has moved toward a vote to impose sales tax on most Internet purchases, with lawmakers likely to vote to close debate on legislation next week. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, filed a ...
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Taranto-based Italian steel producer Ilva has demanded the immediate return of seized steel products from local prosecutors following the rejection by Italy's Constitutional Court of efforts by prosecutors to shut down the company's plant. ...
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Nokia has won an injunction against the sale in Germany of some HTC handsets that infringe on a power-saving technology for mobile phones. The District court of Mannheim ruled on Tuesday that HTC infringes on a Nokia patent for power ...
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Though the Delhi Traffic Police have been going hammer and tongs in penalising vehicles with tinted glasses, several vehicles with company-fitted tinted glass enjoyed a kind of "immunity". The traffic police could not initiate action ...
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Egypt‘s telecom regulator said last week that it is not viable for it to follow a court order to block YouTube in the country, and is appealing the ruling. The order banning YouTube and some other websites for 30 days was issued by ...
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Egypt's telecom regulator says it is not viable for it to follow a court order to block YouTube in the country, and is appealing the ruling. The order banning YouTube and some other websites for 30 days was issued by a Cairo court after ...
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The "No Bicycles" signs will be coming down in Black Hawk, Colorado, after the state's highest court overturned a lower court ruling and said the mountain town must allow bikes on its main drag. The town, best known for its casinos, had ...
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Samsung Electronics' Galaxy tablets do not infringe on an Apple design right, the District Court of The Hague ruled Wednesday in response to a request by Samsung. At issue was Apple's registration of a rectangular tablet with rounded ...
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The District Court of The Hague ruled on Wednesday that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets do not infringe on an Apple design right, following a request by the Korean electronics giant. At issue was Apple’s registration of a rectangular ...
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The Taranto prosecutor's office filed a challenge against the Italian government for its so called "ILVA decree" in the Constitutional Court on Monday, according to court sources. The prosecutor's office of the southern Italian port city ...
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A government source said that Turkey has immunized its USD 2 billion loan to Egypt against variables such as a court ruling. The loan agreement also requires the Egyptian government to involve Turkish companies in public sector ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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